Brad Pitt as Churchill, Adam Sandler’s Hamlet?

3/22/2013 4:32PM

Rob LaZebnik, a writer for “The Simpsons,” explains to WSJ Weekend Review editor Gary Rosen how the U.S. can fight back against the insidious threat of British actors playing all the great American heroes in movies and on TV. (Photo: AP)

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... I ... sometimes ... called troll conspiracy is so clever so insidious that no one notices until it's too late ... our guests today Rob was at nick ... Iraq ... Gary Owen has detected just such a conspiracy but he is here to warn us about it and we hope ... to keep us from disaster so so so Rob you had an epiphany ... while watching the movie link and tell us about ... yes ABIEX use internet it's been an early screening of Lincoln and um I mean ... she instead of Daniel day Lewis with it is one of the great actors of our generation on ... and so I was willing to accept that that he's cast is our greatest American president as Lincoln and ... who enjoyed the movie insulins performance um ... button and ... Ulysses S Grant comes on screen the movie ... and I and bought it because I can recognize the actor and I tried it in in what is meant ... it suddenly hits me ... that this is Jerry Harris says Iam ... an English actor ... who by using this guy a on man ... only in price and its silicon Thunderbolts like ... they've taken not only our greatest president but Dar finest drunk ... and then I was very upsetting to me and ... as I sinks through it as I can investigate more ... it dawns on me that's not ... good English actors are busy sentiment Cecily crept into our greatest American parts in ... a deal we only have bought ... a few great exports left is as a country we've got movies and TV ... and those football stadium beer apps to me that set ... to ... Rob and smoothie ... each movie or TV show is like a little bit of propaganda that we send out into the world to fool people into liking us again ... on any given receding are our best rules to the England she is is upsetting and I think it's important that we take note of it ... and starts you aren't certified ... to ... rock the thing that was really devastating to me in this piece was written for weekend Revue ... is that ... the very American super hero ... to my rescue us from this ... they have gone over to the other side to ... drive you crazy ... inside ... yes it's ... Spiderman ... and Batman mostly by English actors curling and then that the Nelson comes out ... that's an idea man and travel was going to be playing Superman ... and he's from the British dependency of Jersey ... by Andy this was a on time ... truly shocking is no more American part is that this is this is deeply troubling and it's more worrisome in many ways and in the worst scenarios dreamed up by the Soviets during the cold war and Mike left us how is this happening who was allowing this to happen and ... and and a half to point out that you Rob are part of the entertainment industry ... based in California and I feel like some of that deal really ... pass to be directed ... to your peers ... in the UAE and I'm a hypocrite so it's sunshine just today ... I was ... on the table read of the Simpsons are shown we get is one of a gas one of the actresses from Game of Thrones kinda sticks it was ... on ... and were chatting with their afterwords and nine and she's the time she's unbelievably charming as is beautiful accent and ... goalless nerds are kind of our kind of a ... feeling a little bit in significant next door and ... and that's what happens in these casting offices he is he's brilliant English actors command ... and on ... and they're they're able to kind of snow ice with their beautiful accents and and subconsciously I think that this part of us is thinking ... oh my God I'm talking to one of our former ruler it's you know and and ... is very it's very deep staying in and ... then they will shift into these flawless American accents they've learned in their ... incredible acting academies ... and the result is word we're just moved on and were as the distance they were were were gobsmacked ... on ... anything time at the time this happens in casting offices ... and he's slowly his English ... actors and actresses are are are filling up our screens ... but what we are not ready to give up our we're onto you have a proposal what are we to do to resist this British invasion ... exactly I think is very important that the first ... to acknowledge it ... didn't take steps to fight back in and I think are ... are are last great hope right now it's become so pervasive and a cigar hope is to ... convince our movie starts ... to our American restarts ... to ... time to give up their giant ... movie trailers to give up their big salaries ... to go overseas to go to London ... and take some of those iconic English rules no I think ... Brad Pitt ... making great Winston Churchill perfect eyesight began to lay a Joly and BNI Queen Victoria and on and on I think we need to see ... Adam Sandler scam ... and I think once we can start ... that trend of Americans ... have of ... getting their way into these iconic English rolls ... then I think we can convince the world are actors aren't that good enough to go back and played a ... terrific Rob was that make you are a Patriot and I salute you ... thank you very much ... this is Gary Rosen for Wall Street Journal weekend Revue ...